Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-05-05

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I told him of other things that he
had said and done, Of obscene lam
suage be had used TO her; 1 detailed
the matter fully to him; OF Sunday l
went out with my brother-in-lsw TO
look for horses; the next day Mr..
Mason started for town and the next
morning l went with my brother and
sister to . ranch above there; when l
came home is when Lulu told me;
when / got home Clark was putting
on water to wash the dishes; he went
out and went across to the saloon, and
the little girl came in and then 10
when she told me; Mr.. Clark stayed
for supper and dinner and went up
stairs and.got his blankets and went
off down the river and didn't return
until next day, and | asked him not
10 return until Mr.. Mason returned
and then there would be q settlement
between them; | asked him If he did
not think he had q good deal of cheek,
after what be had done to come back;
he told me you are only mad because
II was not you instead OF her; l told
him I didn't want any trouble, that
when Mr.. Mason came home there
would be q reckoning or something OF
that kind; he went away and never
came back there again.
Upon cross examination Mrs. Mason
testified as follows: Age, 80 years;
have been married to Mr.. Mason three
years and six months; the little girl
has been with me all the time except
about = year when che was in a con-
vent: | worked for Mr.. Mason o year
before I married him; l came from the
Black Hills there; / kept q restaurant
there; my first knowledge that there
was anything wrong was ten or fifteen
days before Mr.. Mason got home from
town; | had suspicious Def that;
never told anybody about these mat
tiers before this; | might have talked u
little TO my sister about IL; | never
mentioned the matter TO Clark hut
once, aud that was the next day after
the little girl told me about IL; John
Welch was present.; | had no know
ledge of these matters before the little
girl told ME Of IL; | had suspi ,ions, but
| never had any conversation with
anybody in regard to 1t; | had told
Clark that he WAS a brute 10 do any
thing Of that kind to n child; he said
he hadn't done anything, aud IL i
wanted to do anything about IL | could
20 on and do 1t; | think he said | could
crack my wi ip and go on and do it if
| had u mind to; be denied il and said
you are only mad because IL wasn't
you; when | first spoke TO him about
II he was very much illustrated rs II
he had done IL; | lever spoke to him
a fter that; | have had very little con-
versatlon with the little girl about
these things since w got here.
Lulu May Wells, called by the de.
PENDANT, was examined by the court
as to her understanding Of an oath be-
fore being allowed to testify. Her an.
swers were a. follows: My ma ne il
Lulu wells; age 8 years; l know what
| AM brought here for; | know what
an oath is; it is TO tell what you know;
| don't know what IL apt to happen
10 M II don't tell the the Truth here;
don't know what would happen to me
II | told a falsehood: | know what a
lie IL; don't know what would happen
to me If ! told a lie here; | know what
Il court room Is; | don't know what
becomes Of persons who come here
and tell what Is not so; | know why /
am brought here; don't know what
my duty is when | take an oath to tell
what | know; | am brought here 70
tell what | know; | think ! can tell
the truth; am ready to tell how 1t hap
pened; l will tell only what happen
ed; | have no idea OF what becomes of
people who tell ~stories; think 1t is
lying to tell what is not true; l would
not tell what Is not true because / do
not want papa TO be arrested; / would
not tell a lie about 1t anyway; | don't
know why / wouldn't tell a lie: I
wouldn't take anything that didn't
belong to me because that would be
stealing; | don't know what would
happen to Inc for stealing; / wouldn't
tell a lie because | don't want papa To
be arrested; that is the only reason |
wouldn't lie; my mamma never told
me what became Of little girls who
were not good; | went TO Sunday
school once; l say my prayers SO / can
can 90 to Heaven; don't think / could
20 to Heaven II / told stories; / have
no idea who would punish my papa;
l think the jury 10 the cause OF IL; do
not think the jury would punish me
II told a lie; don't know who could;
have went to school.
The court here ruled that the wit
ness Lulu Wells might testify and
afterward ruled her testimony out.
The testimony was a. follows 10
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